The days of being a spiritual mentor in Meiman

When Thomas finished yelling this sentence, Batman and Coppert froze together.

Batman didn't realize what he was talking about for a while, while Coppert didn't understand the previous murders at all, and thought that the murderer of the serial murder Thomas mentioned was actually Lex.

Thomas panted heavily, and said in a hysterical voice: "This was beyond my plan! I didn't start that case. It shouldn't be like this. I obviously planned it..."

Seeing Thomas's broken emotions, Batman realized that this might be a good time to ask the truth, so he looked at Thomas and asked, "You said your fiancée was in danger, and there was a serial murderer, why? What's going on?"

Thomas' voice trembled a little, he seemed extremely reluctant, but he also knew that only Batman could stop this now, so he said:

"I killed Doris. The javelin I borrowed from the sports equipment room pierced her chest and killed her, but my purpose was not to kill her. I just wanted to use this case to... "

"...go and alibi yourself." Batman cut him off in a calm tone, and Batman went on to say, "You put yourself in jail and let your associates go and kill Elio Mr. and Mrs. Te, make an alibi for you, and then find a way to reverse the case for yourself, so that you can get out of prison innocently and inherit the Elliott family."

"The way you reverse the case is to let your accomplices continue to create murders similar to the Doris case outside, turning this into a serial murder case, so that you can prove that the person who killed Doris was not you."

Thomas froze, but then a gritted hate look on his face quickly turned into a mixed emotion, and he said, "Batman... Batman... you're a genius, and I should be too. Yes, I should too..."

"And what about your fiancée and serial murders?" Batman asked.

"Yes... yes! Go find Berenna! She may be in danger now! Someone is following her..."

Arms trembling, Thomas said, "The second victim of the cheerleading troupe was indeed my fault, because as long as the serial killings continue, it means that I am innocent in prison... ..."

"But, but the third case is not me... There is another murderer! His next target is my fiancée Berenna!"

What Thomas said was a bit confusing. Batman didn't hear any logic. He only heard Thomas admit that he killed the first and second victims, but denied that he did the third victim's case. of.

Logically speaking, if he admitted to his face that he had killed two people, then he would not deny the third victim. At this stage, in any case, it is impossible for Thomas to get rid of the crime, so there is no need for him to It was not he who killed the third victim.

"First of all, you have to tell me, who are your accomplices? How did you commit the crime?" Batman ignored Thomas' anxiety at all. He would not be fooled by this, because he had to figure out whether Thomas was acting or not. Find out what's going on with all this.

Thomas seemed to be ignoring it, and he explained in one go: "Just, about two weeks ago, I wanted to see a doctor because of anxiety, and it may be at that time that I left my phone number. How long ago, a psychiatrist calling himself Dr. Hugo called me..."

"He said that he is very experienced in this area and can help me treat it. I don't want my parents to know that I have a mental illness, so I can't go to a regular hospital for treatment. He said he has experience in treatment, so I plan to Go see."

"When I arrived at the agreed location, I found that there was no psychological clinic there. Later, I found out that they were hiding in Gotham's sewers."

"There was a refrigerated warehouse that was dug out there, but it was abandoned for some reason, and they hid there."

"At that time, I wanted to leave, but the man named Dr. Hugo stopped me. We chatted for a while, and I felt that he was indeed an excellent psychiatrist. He might have fallen down because of unknown reasons, so I expressed my willingness. Fund him, but only if he cures me of my anxiety."

"He chatted with me a lot, and I confided a lot of my inner secrets to him. He said that my anxiety and stress came from my parents. As long as there is no source of stress, my anxiety will naturally heal."

"He instigated you to kill your own parents?" Batman asked with narrowed eyes.

"That's right." Thomas swallowed and said, "He made a series of plans, he said. As long as I follow the plan, it will be fine, but now, this is not in our plan at all!"

"He said after I'm in jail, he's going to kill my parents, and then he's going to do another case, pick a girl with the same identity as Doris, commit a similar crime in the same location, make it into a serial murder case, so that I can be exonerated and let me out of prison."

"He said that he would only do one more case, but later, I heard that there was a third case, so I tried my best to contact the lawyer, and then contacted Dr. Hugo, but he told me that the third case He didn't do the case."

"That's when my fiancée, Berenna, called me on the phone, and on the other end of the phone, she was crying a lot, looking very sad and terrified, and she said that someone had threatened her with mail and notes that she would kill her. lost her..."

Coppert, who had been listening on the sidelines, said: "Belenna? I seem to know her. She is a student of the School of Environment. It is true that she has not come to the laboratory these days. Originally, the subject she was in charge of often borrowed this laboratory. , but I haven't seen her for days."

"That's why I came here to look for her!" Thomas yelled: "I know she is doing experiments here, and the handbag she threw at my house has the keys here, as well as special gloves and protective clothing. I knew it was used in a cryogenic laboratory..."

"That's why you can open the door of this laboratory?" Cobblepot looked at Thomas' hand, which was indeed wearing a glove, but because this special glove was very thin and fit the hand very well. Gloves, so not easy to spot.

"She must have disappeared!" Thomas became more and more emotional. He said, "It is even possible that she has been killed. I want to find her!"

As Thomas' mood became more and more unstable, his arms around Lex became tighter and tighter. Lex was a little out of breath from his stranglehold, his face was swollen and his lips were red, and even started to turn purple.

In any case, Lex's physique is really bad, not to mention a tall and strong adult man like Thomas, even a very thin Cobbot who is holding a murder weapon can force him back every step of the way, and he is beaten by Thomas. Hold on, he has no room to resist at all.

No matter how talented the brain is, it can't convert intelligence into force under such circumstances. His genius brain even fell into a light coma because of lack of oxygen.

Batman obviously also observed this situation, he took two steps forward, trying to oppress Thomas, but Thomas didn't retreat, because he knew that there was a window behind him, there was no way to retreat, he had to give himself a longer In order to deal with the possible attack of Batman.

So he withdrew to his left rear, which is the side farther from Copperpot and Batman.

In that direction was the interior of the laboratory with a larger space. Batman was pressing every step of the way. Thomas stepped back step by step, and kept retreating in that direction until he leaned his back against the largest instrument in the center of the entire room.

As I said before, it is a very large machine, with a cylindrical shape as a whole, connecting two floors. In addition to the surrounding consoles and fixtures, there is a cylindrical liquid storage device inside. It is the raw material that Victor used to make super ice.

Due to some material reasons, this thing cannot be stored in a solid state. It can only be placed in a special chamber in a liquid state, and it must be stirred constantly, and another chemical agent is required to maintain it. The stability of existence.

At this time, in the cylindrical liquid storage device that Thomas was leaning against, the blue liquid kept churning, like beautiful ocean waves, and also like unpredictable nebulae. The cold light shone on his back, but because of good The airtightness, nothing chill comes through.

Facts have proved that the necessary stimulation may increase people's vigilance against a dangerous object, just like when a person's hand touches a hot boiling kettle, it will instinctively retract, and now, because Thomas did not come from behind He felt any abnormality on the thing he leaned on, so he didn't realize how dangerous he was approaching.

Batman's attention is all on Lex. In other words, no matter who Thomas is holding hostage, Batman's first goal is to rescue the hostages.

At this time, because of the pressure from Batman, Thomas seemed to have collapsed, and he began to grab Lex's neck fiercely with his hands, saying, "You are all the same! You group of... huh, geniuses? Geniuses? Do you think you are a genius?!"

"Why are you guys born superior? Why can't I! Answer me! Is this fair?!"

"Bruce Wayne!" Thomas suddenly raised his voice and said, "Do you think I don't know who you are? Batman! I've been investigating for a long time. From the moment Batman appeared, I started investigating... ..."

"I see through your tricks! You are not a superhero in the dark! You bloody hypocrite! You are just relying on your extraordinary talent and wealth, and now, I want to have it all..."

However, the scene Thomas expected, where Batman was shocked by being exposed, didn't happen, and he didn't even react to this scene.

But this is not surprising. Judging from the current timeline, in the plot changed by Schiller, almost everyone knows the true identity of Batman. Schiller knows, Gordon knows, Victor knows, and Constance knows. Ding knew it, and so did Hal.

When the few of them gathered in private, no matter what clothes Bruce was wearing, whether he was wearing the usual hoodie and jeans, or the cool bat suit, these few people said "Bruce".

Although Bruce has emphasized to them many times that he should be called Batman when he is wearing a bat suit, those people seem to have an attitude of coaxing children to play, and they follow him when they are in a good mood, and they can't remember when they have business. Never mind.

Therefore, in the circle of Gotham strange people, Batman belongs to the real-name Internet access. After a long time, he didn't bother to correct it. Call him Bruce, just call him Bruce. Forcibly correcting the name, except for being laughed at. There will be any changes, let them go, the success of the desensitization treatment is yes.

Seeing that Batman didn't respond, Thomas became even more hysterical, and the strength in his hand was even stronger, and at this moment, Batman knew that he had to make a move, otherwise Lex's life would be in danger.

But at this moment, a figure was faster than him. The thin Cobbot rushed to Thomas's side at an extremely fast speed, then raised the sharp knife in his hand, and Thomas dodged aside.

At this time, two "swish" sounds were heard, and two bat darts flew past Thomas' neck.

In order to avoid the front and rear double-teaming situation, Thomas had to find cover, and the console next to him was a good choice, but if he wanted to dodge, it was impossible to grab Lex, he was too in the way.

Thomas threw Lex to the side, rolled over, and hid behind the console, but at this moment, the two bat darts thrown by Batman did not stop, but hit straight on The glass top of the liquid storage device.

Batman considered that it might cause damage to the things behind Thomas, so he used very light force. The sound of the bat dart hitting the glass was very soft, and then it fell to the ground without causing any damage.

However, a tiny crack quietly opened from the place of contact, and at this moment, both Batman and Coppert retreated quickly, only to hear a "bang", and the liquid storage device exploded.

Batman and Cobbot, who had already hid on the other side of the room, were not affected, but felt a biting chill. However, Thomas, who was hiding behind the console and had no time to escape, and Lex, who was thrown aside by Thomas, directly Flooded by splashes of blue liquid.

Then, Batman saw a series of bubbles suddenly appear in the dreamy blue ocean waves.

Immediately afterwards, a pale and thin hand stretched out from the liquid, and at the same time, the eternal nightmare of Gotham, resurrected in madness, came again——

"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!"